RE: PAL Slingbox on Sale in the UK!

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Phil - 2Mbps upload here to play with (3 x Max DSL bonded
lines) :)

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Philip Coombes
> Sent: 07 June 2006 10:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PAL Slingbox on Sale in the UK!
>
> Ooops, the picture didn't really work! They don't stick out that far,
> just slightly overhang the edge of the box.
>
> Curse variable width fonts!
>
> Philip Coombes wrote:
> > It uses IR. It has a sort of odd arrangement of two wires
terminating in
> > L shaped emitters, which you can put one overhanging above and
one below
> > the remote sensor (or maybe both on the same side). It's hard to
> > describe but looking from the side it would be a bit like this
> >
> > ----------------------------ooooo     <----- Emitter
> > =====================\  0
> >                     Sky+
> > =====================/  0
> > ----------------------------ooooo
> >
> > where the 'o' are the emitters. They have a sticky tape thing on
that
> > you can fasten them with but they seem to just rest there ok at
the
> > moment. I'm guessing you can probably just make do with one of
them but
> > as I was sneaking the box in SWMBO stealth mode I didn't have
time for a
> > lot of fiddling. It works wells though, I've not had much joy
with
> > remote IR control the the Sky box before.
> >
> > I use it with a Telewest cable connection. I forget what the
downstream
> > speed is as they keep changing it (4Mbs or something). However I
think
> > it is limited to 384 Kbps upstream which Slingbox happily gobbles
up. I
> > know that when I log into my ZoneMinder box to view video it
pretty much
> > prevents any kind of interactive session over the same connection
(as
> > all the upstream bandwidth is used) and this is the same. I
somehow
> > suspect using the SlingBox and ZM over the same connection might
be
> > ugly! But just the SlingBox is fine. I will try and do some
experiments
> > with bandwidth to see what level you might need for acceptable
viewing.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > Paul Gale wrote:
> >
> >> How does it connect to Sky+ to control it - just IR or does
it use the
> more robust RF control method?
> >>
> >> Oh, and what type of Internet connection do you have - this
will
> obviously limit your data rate at work.
> >>
> >> Paul.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> >>> Philip Coombes
> >>> Sent: 07 June 2006 10:01
> >>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] PAL Slingbox on Sale in the UK!
> >>>
> >>> I picked one up yesterday from PC World, which hadn't
been showing any
> >>> stock all of last week but suddenly got some in and now
everywhere
> seems
> >>> to have them.
> >>>
> >>> I have to say I am rather impressed. It was easy to set
up with Sky+
> and
> >>> supports pretty much all the functionality via the
remote. Most of the
> >>> config is a case of just choosing from presets so for me
it was more
> or
> >>> less a case of choosing UK -> DVR -> Sky+ and job
done. I was a bit
> >>> concerned that if someone else was watching Sky then it
would be a bit
> >>> useless but you can also configure the built in digital
tuner and use
> >>> that as a source as well, though you have to rerun the
setup wizard to
> >>> do so which results in having to re-enter some info
twice. Not having
> a
> >>> freeview box or anything I was also surprised by the
range and quality
> >>> of the channels it picked up there.
> >>>
> >>> The streaming quality is not at all bad, I think it was
about 1000-
> 1400
> >>> Kbps at home, the only negatives being that I don't think
the audio is
> >>> perfectly sync'd to the video sometimes. I've just tried
it for the
> >>> first time outside of home and I'm getting 300-350 Kbps
here. It
> >>> stutters slightly now and again, especially when changing
channels or
> >>> using the remote but other than that it is perfectly
watchable at
> quite
> >>> large resolutions and way way better than the sort of
streaming video
> >>> you get from 'live' websites, which was sort of what I
was expecting.
> I
> >>> would imagine it will take a major hit if the kids are at
home
> >>> downloading music etc but so far so good.
> >>>
> >>> If you're looking for something you can stick on at work
to keep an
> eye
> >>> on the cricket or football over the next few weeks I
would thoroughly
> >>> recommend it! Now to see if I can get it running on my
phone!
> >>>
> >>> Phil
> >>>
> >>> John Nye wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> So is anyone tempted or even better managed to get
one of these and
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>> tried
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> them out??
> >>>>
> >>>> None available in my neck of the woods......
> >>>>
> >>>> John
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx]
> >>>>> On Behalf Of Mark McCall
> >>>>> Sent: 31 May 2006 16:41
> >>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >>>>> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] PAL Slingbox on Sale in the
UK!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Nice little demo video of someone accessing their
home
> >>>>> TiVo/Slingbox setup
> >>>>> from their smartphone...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-slingbox-
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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